AirBnBing without owning

[Ben Rice]

I recently heard of a strategy to list other people's properties on AirBnB and profit on the margin.

Basically you approach home owners that have a unit listed online that hasn't rented right away and explain to them what your intent is. You come with your own lease and explain that you would like to lease their property and list it on AirBnB. The benefits to the owner are that the unit will constantly be cleaned after each tenant and they will always receive the monthly rent that they were asking for. And on your end, depending on how many nights and how much you charge per night you could make a profit without actually owning a property. As long as you are upfront with the property owner and have everything spelled out in the lease, it sounds like it could be an interesting idea. Has anyone tried this or have advice either way?

Thanks.